Torch Feedback WWE Raw Reax #2: "Why were ECW wrestlers helping kick Chris Jericho off Raw?"
Dec 15, 2009 - 1:05:13 AM
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Robert Dalton of Las Vegas, Nev.: Best Match: n/a. Worst Match: The entire show. Where do I begin? This show was worse than a train wreck. It's as if a nuclear bomb went off in a home for unwanted mentally challenged bunnies. Dennis Miller's humor was way above the average Raw fan's IQ and it showed. I swear I could hear crickets when he talked. The matches, other than the main event, were shorter than the entrances. You could also predict all of the Slammy award winners except the Diva award. Maria, really? I didn't even know she was still employed. Cena being dead one second, then hitting the Attitude Adjustment moments later, pinning Orton, and celebrating like he won the World Series is why everyone over the age if ten hates him. It's called selling. Look at Christian. Earlier in the night, he was selling what happened in the ladder match. Although, I think he forgot and became SuperChristian when he joined the DX Army. Am I the only one who noticed that DX wanted Jericho off Raw, yet there were no Raw wrestlers in the DX Army? This show should win a Slammy for biggest pile of crap.
CK of Charlotte, N.C., Physical therapist (7.0): Best Match: Cena-Orton. Worst Match: 14-diva tag. Okay, Torch, I played your little rating game. I downloaded the Torch app for my phone and since August, I've seen people crapping on WWE. I grew up with Mean Gene saying, "The WWF, what the world is watching." I've been mesmerized ever since. Wrestling has changed so much since then. We are not in the Attitude era anymore and I feel like people are rating shows against what it used to be. They are selling to kids now and that's just where we are. People pick on "rasslin" when business is down and right now it's fun to come up with funny ways to dump on the product. The roster isn't packed with stars from bell-to-bell like it used too be. Taka and Crash are not there to put over guys and have a hell of an opener. There are no more guys to pull out of territories who are seasoned. We are going to have to live with FCW's best who haven't had the experience and time. I like the Sheamus title change. It's a different era of wrestling now, so understand where we are at or turn the TV off for about five years and come back later. Oh yeah, I wish they would fire about nine of those Divas.
Derek Hauk of Quincy, Ill., substitute teacher (1.5): Best "Match": Carlito-Matt Hardy. Worst Match: Diva tag. This shot up to the top of the list as maybe the worst Raw I have personally ever seen. Dennis Miller's jokes were negatively funny. They subtracted enjoyment from the evening. I appreciate that he was there to plug a charity that helps the troops instead some television show or special, but other than that, he was useless. Actually, that's the best word to describe this Raw. Useless. DX tricking Jericho made sense as a character moment, but could they save it for a week where there were other matches? I never knew you could have a three-hour wrestling show without any wrestling, but WWE proved me wrong. I'm still wondering when C.M. Punk's punishment ends because he clearly deserved to win Superstar of the Year. His major feud this year was actually interesting as opposed to Cena-Orton. Why were ECW wrestlers helping kick Jericho off Raw? Why did 14 Divas come out so two of them could wrestle for 30 seconds? I give Carlito one point for sarcastically thanking himself before Jesus. And Tony Atlas gets half-a-point for his infectious laugh, which came at the point when this episode had broken me physically and emotionally. Is it January 4 yet?
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